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Leaked EU Audit Alleges €4.3 Million Misuse by Rassemblement National and Allies

RN figures reject the audit’s allegations as administrative errors, planning to challenge the findings through ongoing appeals.

Les portraits de Marine Le Pen et Jordan Bardella à l'occasion de la réunion du 1er mai du Rassemblement national (RN), à Narbonne, le 1er mai 2025
Marine Le Pen à l'Assemblée nationale à Paris le 1er juillet 2025
Le Rassemblement national a été de nouveau mis en cause pour des irrégularités au Parlement européen, ont révélé plusieurs médias jeudi 3 juillet 2025.
«Le Parlement européen nous cherche des noises matin, midi et soir», fustige Marine Le Pen

Overview

  • A confidential 31-page report by the European Parliament’s financial affairs directorate accuses RN and its Identity and Democracy allies of improperly spending €4.3 million of parliamentary funds from 2019 to 2024.
  • Inspectors flagged non-competitive contracts benefiting two companies—e-Politic (€1.7 million) and Unanime (€1.4 million)—in breach of EU procurement rules for communications and printing services.
  • Over €700 000 was reportedly donated to NGOs unconnected to parliamentary activities, many linked to constituencies of far-right MEPs.
  • Marine Le Pen and former ID secretary-general Philip Claeys dispute the report’s findings as mere administrative disagreements and intend to contest the audit in European and national courts.
  • The audit stems from a routine financial control during the dissolution of the Identity and Democracy group in July 2024 and follows an April 2025 Parliament demand for €3.5 million in related damages.